Wick adjuster and regulator



(No Model.)

G. HARDGASTLE.

WICK ADJUSTER AND REGULATOR.

No. 372,020. Patented 001;. 25, 1887.

0 O O O 21% H I N WHW?) R UNITED STATES PATENT Grates.

GEORGE HARDOASTLE, OF SAN FRANOISOQOALIFORNIA.

'WICK' ADJUSTER AND REGULATOR.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,020, datedOctober 25, 1887.

Application filed January 7, 1887. Serial No. 223,631. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern 3e it known that I, GEORGE HARDOASTLE, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of SanFrancisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful WickAdjuster and Regulator for Ooal- Oil Burners for Lamps, Stoves, &c., ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in adj usters'and regulators forburners for lamps, stoves, &c., for adjusting and regulating the flameand preventing smoke. It will be understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings and the letters and figures marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2, a side elevation. Fig. 3 is aperspective detached vlew showing the adjusting and indicatingclamp-lever E, the wick adj usting thumbpiece 0, and wick-rod D.

The following is the arrangement, construction, and operation of myimprovement'as I employ it in connection with an ordinary coaloil stove.

' F, the lock-band for the adjusting and indieating clamp lever; G, theindicator plate and scale; H, the sight-window; I, the stove-drum; J,the hinge'for the stove-drum; K, L, and M, the legs which support thebase-plate of the stove-drum and connect the same with the oilbasin.

N represents the waste-spout of the dust-pan.

0 represents the slot in the indicator-plate for allowing the same to bepassed down over the wick-adjusting rod. 7

In Figs. 1 and 3, P represents the slot for opening the adjusting andindicating clamplever-E and springing and clamping the same upon thewick-rod.

Q represents the stop to prevent the lockband F from slipping off at theupper end of the adjusting and indicating clamplever.

R represents the rest for the wick adjusting and regulating clamp-lever.

The lock-band F is raised above the upper end of the slot 0, whichallows it to open sufficiently to place upon the wick-rod D, and thelock-band F is brought down upon the adj ust ing and indicating clamplever, tightening the same upon the wick-rod, holding it firmly inposition upon the same. The wick is then adjusted to the required heightfor a clear smokeless flame of the maximum size, and the adjusting andindicating clamp-lever is then brought down against the stop-rest B,when it is set fast upon the wick-adjusting rod D. The whole is thenproperly adjusted and ready to operate without changing the adjustingand indicating clamp-lever upon the wickadjusting rod D until thewickvis again trimmed, when the adjusting and indicating lever E isagain adjusted and set fast-as before.

The indicator plate and scale G is employed to regulate the amount ofheat in cases where heat is necessary to be regulated carefully to acertain degree, as it should be in dental pro- 'cesses. Then theadjusting and indicating clamp-lever may be moved very slightly upon thescale-so little as not to be noticeable when done by the ordinarythumb-wheel O.

In the lamps employed in cars and in other places where they are liableto constant jarring the wick is often shaken down and the light reducedor entirely put out. This is wholly avoided by my improvement, as theadjusting and indicating clamp-lever E stops the wick at the highestpoint where a smokeless flame can be had, when it is stopped by thestop-rest R, thussaving the time usually required to adjust by'the eye,and in turning the lamp out the scale will show the exact point wherethe top of the wick will be below the top of the wick-tube, thuspreventing the overflow of oil, which causes the disagreeable smellgenerally noticeable in coal-oil lamps where the wick is partiallyturned down and blown out. Another advantage is seen in having a-mark'on the scale to show the lowest point at which the wick may be loweredwithout danger of extinguishing the flame. This may be done by having asleeve-clamp on the indicating clamp-lever, which may be moved out tocome in contact with the extinguishing stop-rest, thus leaving the wickprojecting above the wick-tube suficiently to insure its burning.

The advantages of my improvement are as follows: The wick, never beingraised too high,

does not char at the top and will last many times longer than one usedin the ordinary way. The points of adjustment being known, the burnersare instantly adj nsted and lighted without stopping to see the elfect,thus allowing several burners to be lighted in the usual time requiredfor lighting a single burner. The liability to accidents such as arisefrom the improper adjustment and handling of the wick and burner arewholly avoided, as they always occur by reason of improper adjustmentand regulation of the burners.

I do not confine myself to any exact form of construction, as the formof the indicatingplate or of the indicating clamp-lever or the exactmode of setting the same fast upon the wick-rod may be varied withoutchanging the principle of construction; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In adjusters and regulators for burners for lamps, stoves, 820., theadjusting and indicating clamp-lever E, having the slot 1?, and thelock-band stop Q and the lock-band F, in combination with the wick-rodD, and the indicator-plate G, scale S, and stop R, for the purpose ofadjusting the wick or other burner, constructed and operatedsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The adjusting and indicating clamp-lever E, in combination with thewick-rod D and stop R, the plate G and its scale, all constructed andoperated substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

GEORGE HARDGASTLE.

\Vitnesses:

O. D. BALDWIN, E. H. THARP.

